Air Plant or cathedral bells (Kalanchoe pinnata in the Stonecrop family, Crassulaceae) is an ornamental garden plant and medicinal herb native to Madagascar, and naturalized in Hawaii. The individual flowers are tubular, 1 inch (2.5 cm) long, enclosed in papery, inflated, green to reddish pink sepals, and have 4 red, narrowly triangular lobes. Starting in Koke'e State Park, the Awaawapuhi Trail descends through rainforest from 4120 feet elevation to drier landscapes at the spectacular valley rim of Nualolo and Awa'awapuhi valleys at 2500 feet. Kauai is in the Hawaiian Islands, USA. Hike 6.5 miles round trip accumulating 1800 feet gain, via lands managed by the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR). This air plant photo is from the remote Awaawapuhi Trail in Kokee State Park, Kauai, Hawaii, USA.
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